School: Mostrim (B.) (roll number 2083)

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   Miss Hinchy, of Killucan, Co Westmeath told me that the abbey in Killucan is very ancient, and that it was built in the sixth century. It stands beside the Protestant Church, but only the walls of it are now to be seen. It is called St. Mary's Abbey. St. Columba, she told me, preached his first sermon in this Abbey, after he was ordained by St. Etchen Bishop of Clonfad and Patron Saint of Killucan. Some of the stones of the old Abbey were used to build the Church of the present day In Ballinalee Co. Longford, Master O'Connor N.T. of Clonbroney told me that behind the Roman Catholic Church there is a field called "Bully's Acre" It was here in 1798 that the Irish soldiers were hanged by the English soldiers The tree on which they were hanged on is still to be seen and they were buried in the field which is now called Bully's Acre.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Aisie Caughey

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Firmount, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Master O' Connor

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonbroney, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Miss Hinchy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killucan, Co. Westmeath